El Dorado County Supervisor District 1
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Beth Gaines, Small-business owner |
John Hidahl, Retired aerospace systems engineer and program manager |
| Age 57
Birthplace (city) Sacramento Residence (city) El Dorado Hills Campaign address 3941 Park Dr. Suite 20-511, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 Campaign telephone (916) 759-4980 Campaign email info@bethgaines.com Web site http://www.bethgaines.com Education Attended UC Irvine; graduate of La Sierra High School Experience I am a successful business owner, a community leader and a mother of six children who started my family in El Dorado County over 30 years ago. |
Age 64
Birthplace (city) Ceres Residence (city) El Dorado Hills Campaign address 622 Torero Way Campaign telephone (916) 933-2703 Campaign email johnhidahl@gmail.com Web site http://hidahl4supe.com Education Bachelor’s degree, mechanical engineering, Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo, 1973 Experience Director, El Dorado Hills Fire Department, 1981-98, 2000-present; spokesman, ParksNotParker, 2014-present; member, El Dorado Hills Area Planning Advisory Committee, 1983-present; member, El Dorado Hills Community Council, 1993-present. |
Why are you running for this office?
Beth Gaines: I’m running to protect our precious quality of life. I will fight to stop out-of-control growth and work to ease traffic congestion. I’ll also continue to build our local economy and turn El Dorado Hills into a hub of technology and innovation.
John Hidahl: To improve the efficiency and effectiveness of county government. My private-sector experience and training in change management and lean methods will be applied to improve county processes. 33 years as an elected director of the EDH Fire Dept.

